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NIT Puducherry to Conduct Yuva Sangam-Student Exchange Programme
To celebrate the cultural and linguistic diversity of our country, the Government of India is organizing Yuva Sangam  through the Ministry of Education under One India Excellent India Scheme. Also, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Sports, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Railways and Ministry of North Eastern Regional Development play vital roles in organizing these programs.
The Yuva Sangam focuses on conducting exposure tours of the youth comprising students studying in higher educational institutions and off-campus youngsters from a particular region to various states of India. Yuva Sangam  envisages participation from 23 States and UTs from across India. In this regard, Puducherry UT is paired with West Bengal.
A team of 45 delegates from West Bengal  is visiting NIT Puducherry and touring Puducherry UT. They had stay at NIT Puducherry karaikal from 18 th May to 24 th May, 2023. The send-off function of this program held today  at National Institute of Technology Puducherry, In this function Hon’ble Minister for Transport, Govt of Puducherry Smt.Chandira Priyanga be the chief guest.
The Chief Guest Hon’ble Minister for Transport, Govt of Puducherry Smt.Chandira Priyanga addresses the gathering special greetings to the youths of NIT, Karaikal and West Bengal, who are the builders of the future India making this occasion as a special one, and she express her happiness to participate in this special send-off ceremony. In order to recognize the holiness of the culture, our Union Government flagged off the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat scheme. This is an ambitious scheme that seeks to further strengthen the existing unity among diverse cultural and religious groups of India.
The main objective of the scheme is to promote national integration among the people of different states and Union Territories. It could only be achieved through cultural exchange programs from time to time. And she strongly believes that the aim of the scheme is being fulfilled by this Yuva Sangam program effectively. It’s important to learn about different and unique cultures of our Nation. South Indian culture is very traditional and life bonded one. The So-called window of French, Ancient trade Centre, Puducherry has unique cultural features as it was ruled by many great kingdoms of India and also by the French for 300 plus years. Witnessing the cultural ethnicities of Puducherry will pave way to understand the diversity of India and culture of my people. Such a way, I hope this edition of yuva Sangam fulfilled those.
Shri. Sadhan Sarkar General Manager ONGC participated as Guest of Honor, highlighted the diversity of the country and advised the students to build a rich culture in the future, which is very much required for the nation.
Dr. Lee Yee Hui, Cluster Director, Energy Research Institute, Singapore participated as a special guest and she admired the programme conducted by Government of India and she also likes to suggest the Singapore Government to organize these types of programmes in Singapore.
Dr. Ganesan Kannabiran, Director, NIT Puducherry said Yuva Sangam is the unique programme of Government of India to build s string India and NIT Puducherry was happy to be part of it.
Dr. S. Sundaravarathan, Registrar, NIT Puducherry, Faculty, Staff and Students of NIT Puducherry all are attended this function.
During the tour, the West Bengal Delegates has visit places of interest such as Tharangambadi Ozone Beach, Danish Fort, Museum, Karaikal, MS Swami Nathan Research Foundation, Poompuhar, Chidambaram Natarajar Temple, Pichavaram Mangrove Forest, Estuary and Eco visit, Raj Nivas, Arvind Ashram, Auroville, Legislative Assembly, Museum, White Town, Cultural and Eco visit to Nagore, Velankanni, Vedaranyam Salt March, Kodiyakarai , The Great Living Chola Temples - UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Darasuram and The Big Temple, Thanjavur and Saraswathi Mahal Library.
During their stay, they had also enjoyed the traditional performances of Tharai thappattai, Mayilattam, Oillattam, kolattam, karagattam and silambattam by professionals. In addition to these performances, college students of Karaikal had also exhibit the arts and culture to the visitors. Furthermore, each visitor had a buddy and visit their home to understand the diversity of India and culture of the people of Puducherry. NIT Puducherry acts as the Nodal Institute to host the participants from West Bengal.